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Fair and continued cool tonight; to- increasing slowing rising temperature. morrow Temperature—Hi p.m. yesterday; lowest, 49, at 7 am. to- day. Full report ol Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Bureau Forecast.) cloudiness, with ighest, 73, at 0 n page 9. ch WITH SUNDAY. ¢ Fpening Star. MORNING EDITION service. Sunday's Saturday’s Circulation, Circulation, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news 99,504 105,511 No. “ 30827, | oo ohos "We Entered as second class matter shington. D.C WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, " INGREASED POLICE WITH HIGHER WAGE FAVORED BY HESSE Minimum Force of 1,500 Is Urged in Report to Dougherty. $1,800 ENTRANCE SALARY FOR PRIVATES IS ASKED Comment on 390 Trial Board Cases| Is Cenfined to Single Paragraph. Urgent pleas for an immediate in- crease in the personnel of the Metro- politan Police Forze to a minimum of 1,500 and a higher salary schedule thet | will attract men “of the highest caliber” are contained in ‘the annual report of Ma). Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent, | submitted today to Commissioner Proc- tor L. Dougherty. The total patrol force, Maj. Hesse points out, numbers 1,348, but when it is divided into three 8-hour shifts there are but 213 men actually on duty at any one time in an area of ap- proximately 70 square miles. “Police problems are daily becoming more numerous and more complex,” | Maj. Hesse declared. “And in order o meet and satisfactorily cope with th2, many difficult problems presented I deem an immediate increase in the force essential. | “It is my opinion that the character| of the service rendered by the police force of the District of Columbia should set the standard for all other Ameri- can municipalities. If this most desir- able condition is to be brought about. the salaries paid must be such as to attract men of the highest caliber, and to that end I recommend the enactment of legislation providing for an entrance salary of $1,800 per annum for pri-| vates, with a fnaximum salary after five years of service of $2,500, fhe salaries of sergeants and higher officers to be fixed proportionately.” The existing salary scale for private ranges from a manl.mum of $1,800 to a maximum of $2,100. Recommends More Detectives. Maj. Hesse said the personnel of th~ Detective Bureau should be increased to at least 100 men to enable the as- signment of detectives to specialized work, and the motor cycle patrol force should be increased to a total of 1501 privates. with the object in view of maintaining at each station a con- tinuous_detail of one motor cycle of cer equipped immediate - re- sponse to any emergency call. Despite the recent agitation over dis- ciplining the force, only paragraph of the report is devoted to the measures taken during the year to improve con- ditions. A summary of the 330 cases handled by the Police Trial Board in this 12-month period s ed that only 20 of the officers involved were dismiss- ed, 166 were fined and 65 escaped with a warning. The only comment made by Maj. Hesse in respect to discipline follows: “During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1928, the department in its en- deavor to maintain that rigid standard of discipline so necessary to the general efficiency of the force found it neces- sary to institute trial board proceedings in 390 cases.” The report contains 16 other recom- mendations, the majority of which Maj. Fesse made in his annual report for the 1927 fiscal year. These included Jeqislation conferring on all members nf the police force. the powers of pro- hihition enfreement agents the appro- nriation of $10.000 for the snecific pur- nese of procuring evidence for the en- forcement of the liquor, gambling and vice laws: increased appropriations for the purchase of high-powered automo- | biles for the Detective Bureau: an- propriation fop the installation of the teletype_system of communication be- tween headquarters and the various vits of the devartment scattered throughout the city. and legislation giving the police control over all clubs and the supervision over dances and dance halls. Cites Need for JLegislation. Other recommendations were that Congress enact logislation giving the police authority to regulate the business of executing bonds for compensation in criminal cases, legislation to permit pawnbrokers to operate in the District, legislation that will make drug addic- tion a felony and legislation which will provide for the payment of the salaries of street railway crossing policemen from public funds. In addjtion, Maj Hesse renewed his recommendations for an automobile title law and for effec- ;h'c vagrancy and concealed weapon aws. In recommending legislation to give | the police control of clubs, Maj. Hesse | said: “I can conceive of nothing more | important to the law enforcement | agency in any municipality than that it | should have control of. and freedom of entry into, all clubs, whether in- corporated or not.” “A number of clubs recently have been established in the District of | Columbia, admission thereto being | restricted to so-called bonafide mem- bers, and while it is generally known to the police authorities that certain zuch clubs are established purely for the purpose of gambling, it is difficult and in many cases impossible for the police to obtain sufficient evidence upon which | to secure a warrant.” TWO GANGSTERS KILLED IN DUEL OVER DEBT| | i Philadelphia “Small-Time” Rack- eteers’ Shot It Out—Police Find Drug Layout. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 24.— ‘Two men “shot it out” in a pistol duel to the death early today in a room in a small hotel during an argument over & gambling debt. Frank Pegano, also known as “Lefty ‘White,” 34, was shot four times and died in a hospitai. Harry W. Stein, 35, sometimes known as “W. Brooks,” who lived in the room where the shooting occurred, was dead when found with two bullet wounds in the abdomen Both were known to the police, who eharacterized them as “small-time rack- eteers.” Pclice say Stein was a drug addict and that a complete oplum layout was ,found in his room. Both Stein and Pecano were known frequenters of gambling houses and police believe a @bling debt led to the fight, | Escapes Bandits ¥ Wammnal PHROTO @ 5 AMBASSADCR DWIGHT MORROW. VIORROW BELIEVED OBJECT OF BANDITS Ambassador Arrives in Town Just After Brigands Are Routed. By the Assoctated Press. MEXICO CITY, September 24.—El Universal today expressed the belief that an attack staged by 25 bandits on the village of Huitzilac, midway between Mexico City and Cuernavaca, was directed against Dwight W. Mor- row, American Ambassador. Mr. Morrow, who was spending the week end at his mew residence, in Cuernavaca, arrived in Huitzilac after the bandits had been driven off and proceed to Mexico City, arriving there safely. one in Cuernavaca had warned the brigands by telephone of Mr. Morrow's departure by automobile and the coup failed because the outlaws failed to take Huitzilac pefore he arrived. The bandits in marching toward Huitzilac did not attempt to hold up any passing automobiles, apparently being bent on seizing the town. The men were disguised in the uniforms of federal soldiers and were thought to have intended to take the village gar- rison by surprise. The soldiers, how- ever, opened fire upon the bandits when they failed to recognize them, and the outlaws fled fo the mountains after a brisk encounter. BANDITS FIRE ON TRAIN. 0 Casualties—Gil Urges Co-operation to Run Down Insurgents. MEXICO CITY, September 24 (P).— Excelsior said today that a band of in- surgents had fired upon a passenger train between Ttequiza and Corona, on the Irapuato-Guadalajara line. There were no casualties. The engineer speed- ed up the train and rushed by safely as the nxn‘mury escort answered the insur- nt fire, 1In order to prevent railway and high- way outrages, Emilio Portes Gil, secre- tary of interior, sent a circular to all state governors, urging them to co- operate with the military authorities in protecting travelers. TURNAGE TO DECIDE ON LIQUOR LAW CASE Involves Right of D. C. Police to Return Maryland Prisoners for Trial Here. A question whether a member of the Metropolitan police force has the right to arrest violators of the liquor laws in Maryland and then return them here for trial will be decided Wednes- day by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, the point having been raised in a case presented to him today. The case involves Stephen A. John- son, 26 years old, giving his address as 1117 Park place, and Ralph A. Har- baugh, 29 years old, who, police say, lives at 2644 Nichols avenue southeast, each charged with illegal possession and transportation of liquor. The men wére arrested when a wheel came off their automobile on the Marl- boro pike, in Maryland, yesterday while they were being chased by Policeman Joseph P. Comiskey of the fourth pre- cinct, from Second and K streets south- west. Ni ‘Turnage fixed the men’s bonds at $500 each. They are represented by Attor- ney E. Russell Kelly. TEN LEPERS SLAIN. Soldiers Fire When Patients At- tack Health Officials. BATAVIA, Java, September 24 (#).— A telegram from Kota Radja, northern Sumatra, today said 10 lepers were killed and four wounded when a colony resisted effort of officials to treat them. The district commissioner and his military escort had to fire in self-de- fense when the lepers, numbering 29 and including both men and women, at- tacked the officials with knives and lances. Four of those killed were women and | two women were wounded. There were no casualties among the military escort. The newspaper asserted that some P In continuing the case Commissioner | 100 CRIMIES SOLVED BY ARREST OF 25 IN'CHICAG RAIDS Confessions of Gang Mem- bers Range From Robbery to Murder. PRISONERS, GRILLED, TELL ON EACH OTHER vDe:‘;ared One of Greatest Clean-ups in City in Recent Months. Leader Now Sought. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 24.—A series of week end raids that snared 25 men and 2 women was being pointed to today as one of the greatest single blows at Chicago crime in recent months. More than 100 crimes have been solved as a result of the arrests, Deputy Commissioner Stege said. There were three raids, personally conducted by the deputy commissioner. He announced, after hours spent ques- tioning his prisoners, that confessions had been made clearing crimes ranging | from robbery to murder. Crimes Confessed. Among crimes in which the commis- sioner said he had confessions were: The slaying of Maurice Younglove, private watchman, during & hold-up September 8. The shooting and serious wounding of two policemen and the slaying of John Pecora at the Turkish Village Cafe September 21. The daylight hold-up of the Davis Hotel September 9. The $6,870 pay roll robbery of the Herald and Examiner July 28. The attempted pay roll robbery at the Chicago Tribune July 30. Leader Is Sought. Police said that most of their priso- ners were members of one big gang that racticed crime in all its branches. “Big Leo” Trimiloff, sometimes called “Big Jack.” is being sought as the leader. Charles Stanley, 26, one of the men arrested, was the most talkative, tne eommissioner said. After questioning Stanley and others, police declared Stanley was present at the slaying of Younglove and had a hand in the Her- ald and Examiner robbery. He pre- viously had_ been arrested for partic- ipation in the attempted Tribune rob- bery. A battery of police stenographers was kept busy throughout the night taking statements of those arrested. Declared Telling on Each Other. “They're telling on each other,” was Commissioner Stege's comment. Stege said Stanley had been identi- fied as one of the men who held up a Lafayette (Ind.) bank November 1, 1927, and fatally wounded a police- man. Stanley, however, would not talk of that robbery. “Let’s stick to the Chicego stuff,” JOINI THE CHORUS. STORM AREA FACES REBUILDING TASK Rehabilitation Measures Are Studied for Florida Hur- ricane Victims. By the Associated Press. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Septem- ber 24.—Rehabilitation needs crowded the picture of emergency relief today in the hurricane-stricken area of Florida. looked forward to measures for re- establishing the refugces and furnishing them a new start until they can pick up their own burdens. Death Toll in Doubt. Count of the dead went on, but re- lief workers said there was no assur- ce the actual death toll ever would be known. Unable to get bodies out- side of the flooded area for burial, they are cremating many of them. Official estimates variously placed the death list at 1,200 to 1,500. Additional bodies constantly ére being found. Howard W. Selby, chairman of the Palm Beach County Red Cross commit- tee, said his chapter was ready to Stege quoted the prisoner as saying. ARRESTED AS “KEY MAN.” Italian Believed Head of Chicago Kid- naping-Extortion Ringy CHICAGO, September 24 (#).—Pas- quale Capotosto has been as the “key man” to the kidnaping-extor- tion ring which police have uncovered through their investigation in the Billy Ranieri abduction case. Police said Capotosto had been iden- tified by four prominent contractors as a member of an organization which had tried to extort money from them. Ex- tortion plots have been directed toward more than 200 Italians during the past six months, police said, with at least 40 of that number paying the tribute demanded. Capotosto, according to the police be- lief, penned 225 letters demanding money under threats of death or kid- naping. Capotosto and Angelo Petitti, now under kidnaping charges in the Ranieri case, are friends, having come m;;n the same town in Italy, police said. A new development in the extortion ring investigation was the discovery that fortune tellers, “seers” and “clair- voyants” had a part in the plot. Per- sons seeking to gain the return of some member of their family who had been abducted were advised by some “friend” to consult a fortune teller. The “seer” would then give the victim of the ex- tortionists advice on how to gain the release of his relative, how much to pay and where to pay it. RAEDER BECOMES CHIEF OF GERMAN ADMIRALTY Commander of Baltic Naval Sta- tion Confirmed as Successor of Zenker. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 24.—Rear Ad- miral Erich Raeder, commander of the | Baltic naval station at Kiel since 1925, today was officially confirmed chief of |th: = admiralty, succeeding Admiral Zenker, who recently resigned. During the war Admiral Raeder was Admiral’s Hipper’s chief of staff on the line ship Seydlitz. He was born in 4875 and entered the navy in 1894. He created a tempest in Kiel soclety sev- eral months ago when he decreed that the wives of officers attached to his staff must not have their hair bobbed or shingled. There was much opposition to his ap- pointment on the part of Liberal organs, but Minister of Defense Groe- ner selected him as Zenker's successor, as he is the oldest ranking officer in the present German navy. Of Day When P By the Associated Press. LEADVILLE, Colo., September 24.— The prophecy made in 1878 that lead would be dug out of the mines here for 50 years to come” has come true twice over. The town now is celebrating its golden anniversary with frontler pag- | eantry reminiscent of the day when the late Senator H. A. W. Tabor swung his pick into pay ore and put “the Cloud City” on the map. Well over a half billion dollars’ worth of minerals have since been taken from the still prolific mines, Although millions of dollars’ worth of gold had been exiracted J’Imm Cali- Leadville Marks Golden Anniversary icks First Struck Qre fornia gulch nearby, Leadville, sprawl- ing ~amid Colorado’s mountain tops nearly 11000 feet up, did not come into being until silver and other valuable metals were discovered in 1878. . The christening of Leadville was achieved that year amid holiday hilarity in which 600 of the town’s citizens, gathered from all classes into a gam- bling hall, had a part and a voice.’ request formally that the National Red Cross take over all relief work. He said his workers would continue through this week, but that the real emergenc{d ‘Beflnd probably would end by the middle of the week. With 28 workers already in the field, A. L. Schafer, director of disaster relief for Florida, said others were en route. 400 Bodies Found. New stories of tragedy come daily from the devastated area. The Red Cross announced receipt of reports that 400 bodies of the inhabitants of Pelican Bay, a sugar cane village between Pa- hokee and Belle Glade, have been located a wtek after the hurricane tore the settlement. This discovery, said Schafer, fixed the Red Cross -official death list at 1,200 persons. Florida citles were speeding addi- tional supplies and personnel. Boats and trucks offered the most feasible means of transporting relief to the tier of razed towns along the shores of Lake Okeechobee. Crews were engaged in clearing high- ways that have not gone under water and were reporting discovery of many bodies while at the work. At Palm Beach and West Palm Beach carpenters sought to repair the damage from the terrific winds and en- able the communities to get back to work as much as possible. Many stores closed during the past week planned to open again, Farm Rehabilitation Problem. The problem of rehabilitation of farms worried relief forces. Estimates made by Fred H. Harris of Miami for the Federal Government said that the farm loss had been approximately $2,- 500,000 in Broward amd Palm Beach {Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) . RUSSIAN REPORT ON TREATY DENIED France Says Complete Text of Pact Has Been Sent to Powers. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 24.—A 4 printed in Krasnaia Svezda, szx)‘vhe'rl.l’xtrlfil‘f itary newspaper in Moscow, that France {and England have made seven different i agreements, along with the recently announced naval accord providing for combined actfon on the Continent, in European waters aad elsewhere, was greeted with smiles at the French for- eign office today. It was stated that all that was in communicated to the interested pow- ers, including the United States. ‘The Krasnaia Svezda said that among the agreements supposed to have been reached by France and Great Britain was a_naval agreement for co- operation in the Pacific Ocean, one for division of the Mediterranean into English and French spheres of - fluence, and the creation of neutral naval zones under the special protec- tion of the League of Nations, and one for co-operation of air forces, as against non-European countries, or in event that one of the contracting parties makes war against Russia. ‘The paper further alleged that it was agreed to co-ordinate intelligence work After reaching a quick decision to officially christen the camp Leadville the meeting launched into a discussion of law and order, and the vigilante committee reported purchase of & new coil of rope and the lynching shortly before of a claim jumper, in Eastern countries, including Russia, and to co-ordinate their respective poli- ‘While caring for the immediate needs | of the thousands of homeless, officials | bounded and whose faithfulness was ' cord was obtained for publication. the Franco-British agreement had been |+ 1928—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. * (#) Means Adsociated Press. TWO CENTS. ROB ROY, PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE PET DOG, DIES AT WALTER Mr. Coolidge Deeply Touched at Loss of His Constant Companion. White House Collie Succumbs to Stomach Ail- ment. President Coolidge has lost a real friend—one whose devotion was un- unquestionable. Rob Roy, his white collie, is dead. Mr. Coolidge was deeply touched when he received word of Rob Roy's death from the Walter Reed Hospital, where this pet had been sent for treatment. Rob Roy—the President called him Robert—had not. been well since. re- turning to Washington from Cedar Island Lodge. Becoming worried about his condition early last week, the Presi- dent sent him to the hospital, where specialists might treat him. It was found that the dog had developed ulcers of the stomach and failed to respond to the treatment given him. v President’s Favorite Pet. Of all the animals that have been included in the household of the White House since Mr. Coolidge has been President, this collie was his favorite. He made no attempt to corceal -his preference. The other dogs and ani- mals 6f the so-called White House menagerie and kennels were just dogs and pets, so far as he was concerned. But Rob Roy was different. Rob Roy always accompanied him on his walks about the rear grounds of the White House and frequently went with him to the executive office and re- mained with him during his hours of labor. It was a familier sight to see the dog nestled proudly against the President’s leg while the latter sat read- ing or bending over papers on his desk. It was Rob Roy's habit to closely scru- tinize cach person not known to him who entered the presence of his master. Often he barked at a caller. It didn't make any difference to Rob Roy wheth- er the caller was a cabinet member or n Ambassador. But he would quiet lown when the President spoke to him. On Mayflower Trips. Mr. Coolidge seldom went for a week end cruise abord the yacht Mayflower without taking Rob Roy along, and he was the President’s shadow at the White House. Even during the White House meals Rob Roy was generally near _the chair of his master, and he (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TRACES NAVAL TREATY. | Briand Would Learn Details of Publication. PARIS, September 24 (#).—Le Petit Parisian yesterday said Foreign Min- ister Briand has ordered an investi- gation of the manner in which the copy of the Franco-British naval ac- It is said that while publication of the French diplomatic document in no way hampers negotiations, M. Briand considers the publication inadmissible without his consent. Coolidge Presents Album as Gift for Matsudaira Rites By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 24.—Edwin L. Neville, American charge d'affaires, today presented at the home of Tsuneo Matsudaira, former Jap- anese Ambassador to Washington, the wedding gifts sent by President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg to Setsuko Matsudaira, who will marry Prince Chichibu, heir apparent, next Friday. The President sent an album of photographs of Washington and Secretary Kellogg a traveling clock. It was explained at the White House today the volume of Wash- ington views sent by President Cool- idge as a wedding gift was selected with the thought in mind it would recall many pleasant recollections to cies in the Balkans and other coun- tries- adjacent to Russia. Radio Progt:éms—Pag_e 28 the Princess because of many years she lived in the Capital city. REED A familiar picture of Mrs. Coolidge with Rob Roy. WATER POWER REAL ISSUE, NORRIS SAYS Hails Smith’s Address, but Fails to Declare for Either Nominee. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator George W. Norris of Ne- braska, progressive Republican, upon whose shoulders more than any other single man has fallen the mantle of the La Follette progressive leadership in the Senate, makes waterpower the main “issue in the present political campaign. - He does not state that he is for the eclection of Smith or for the election of Hoover, but he does say that.the re-election of seven pro- gressive Senators, Democrats and Re- publicans, is imperative. He will campaign for their re-election in their own States. He does not in- tend to mix up the presidential cam- paign in thes: senatorial fights, The Nebraska Senator, who has just returned to Washington from Wiscon- |sin, where he aided Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., in his cam for the Republican nomination forpg‘e'nr;tor, today gave much praise, however, to Gov. Smith, both for his address on the farm problem in Omaha and his address in Denver on waterpower. Praises Smith Speech. ‘“‘His waterpower speech,” said Sena- tor Noiris, “was far and away better than anything that Mr. Hoover has so far produced on that subject.” “The farm issue and the prohibition issue are both important to many per- sons in this campaign,” continued Sen- ator Norris, “but for my part I be- lieve that the water-power issue is the | most important of all, in that it affects jevery man, woman and child in_the SMITH PROMISES ATTACK ONG. 0.P. FOR OIL SCANDALS Helena Address Tonight to Stress “Party Respon- . sibility.” WALSH AND WHEELER - WILL BE ON PLATFORM Speech Expected to Be Sharpest of Tour—Scores Hoover Claim of “Progressiveness.” By the Assoclated Press GOV. SMITH'S TRAIN EN ROUTE TO HELENA, Mont., September 24.— Well satisfied with his first “week’s work” as a presidential campaigner, Gov. Smith came into Montana today to take another shot at his Republican opposition—on the subject of party re- sponsibility. The oil scandals will be an allled target. Leaving behind speeches on farm re- lief, intolerance, whispering and water power, in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Col- srado, the Democratic presidential nom- inee, after a day and night ride through northern Colorado and Wyoming, was headed across the wide open spaces for the heart of Montana, where tonight at Helena he will open his second week’s stumping tour of the Middle and Far West. He was due in the Capital at 4:40 p.m., Mountain time. His speech, to be delivered in the Shrine Temple, was completed last night after his special train left Casper, Wyo. A hig crowd is expected to turn out for the"address, as thousands are in Helena attending the State fair and many of these are looked upon to swell the audi- ence. Gov. Smith will visit the fair immediately after his arrival. Walsh to Be Present. On the platform in Helena tonight will be Senator Thomas J. Walsh, prose- cutor othe oil investigations in Wash- ington, who will introduce the nominee, and Senator Burton K. Wheeler. who was a driving force in the inquiry into the administration of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty. Members of the Smith party had made no secret of the fact that they believed the governor’s speech tonight would be one of the stromgest and most sharply worded of his campaign. The aominee had stated that he would speak plainly and frankly on the subject of Teapot Dome and again would lock horns with Herbert Hoover on the sub- jact of party obligations. After reading newspaper accounts of the Republican presidential candidate’s remarks Saturday in Washington to a visiting delegation of Republicans from Maryland, Gov. Smith told newspaper men at a press conference on the train yesterday afternoon that at Helena he would “vigorously challenge the state- ment that the Republican party has always been a constructive, progressive part “Will you talk on corruption?” he was asked. “I don’t like that word, but ‘party responsibility’ makes it necessary,” the governor Teplied. State Held Safe. Montana will be the farthest West Gov. Smith will travel during the cam- paign. His managers are making a de- termined-effort to win the State, which | has a Democratic governor, two Demo- cratic Senators and one Democrat among its two Representatives in Con- gress. J. Bruce Kremer. Democratic national committeeman, who is accom- panying - Gov. Smith throughout his first two-week campaign drivé and is one of his advisors, has told the nom- inee that Montana is in the bag for him. Traveling northward yesterday and last night, Gov. Smith found himself the center of further demonstrations along his train's right-of-way. Only four .stops. however, were made for platform greetings—at Cheyenne, Doug- las, Wendover and Casper, Wyo. At Billings, first stop in Montana, a delegation had planned to board the special in the forenoon today and go on to Helena with the Smith party. Those in the group were Gov. Erickson and his wife, Senator Wheeler, who four years ago was a running mate of the late Senator La Follette on an in- dependent presidential ticket and is now up for re-election; Senator Walsh, whose home is in Helena; Charles P. Nevia, chairman of the Democratic State com- mittee. and Representative John Evans. The train was to be delivered over to the Northern Pacific by the Burlington at that city. H. J. Quealy. Democratic national committeeman for Wyoming, accompanied Gov. Smith from Denver as far as Casper. Crowd Greets Him. At Cheyenne a large crowd greeted the nominee with a band and shouts of “Pour it on 'em, Al” and followed him as he was taken by automobile to a roped-off area on the sidewalk in front of the Plains Hotel, where he shook hands with a hundred or more of well wishers. Gov. Emerson, a Republican, wes among those at the station, while Senator Warren, Republican, oldest member of the Senate, watched the Smith reception from a window of the hotel. Senator Kendrick, Democrat, who is up for re-election, was prevented from seeing the nominee by campaign duties in the western part of the State. Shouts of “We're with you, Al" greeted the nominee at Douglas. At Casper, another big crowd flocked around the rear of the special when it "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6 (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Two New Features in Today’s Star “Cap” Stubbs, the irrepressible, and his dog “Tippie”shave ar- rived in Washington to amuse readers of The Star. Turn to Page 29 “The Wives of the Presidents” is an unusual series of articles on the romances of women who have presided over the White House. Turn to Page 30 The volume was handsomely bound in morocco and the views carefully selected. HOOVER MAINTAINS POLICY OF SLENCE TOFDES ATTAAS Refuses Reply to Bruce’s Charge That He Drank With Darrow. DRAFT OF NEW SPEECH ! FINISHED BY NOMINEE Passes Half-Way Mark in Stump Campaign—Goes to New England in October. By the Assoclated Press. Resolutely ignoring all open and un- dercover attacks upon him, Herbert Hoover is pursuing his course of con~ ducting a campaign in favor of the Issues and the candidates of the Repub- lican party and keeping clear of dis~ tracting controversies. | His determination in this respect was given public expression again Saturday in a short talk to former service men who called on him here and was reiter= ated yesterday to his intimates in con- nectlon with an attack made upon him by Senator Bruce, Demograt, Maryland, who charged hypocrisy in connection with the nominee’s declaration for con- stitutional prohibition. Before the Bruce charge had been :alled to the attention of the Republican presidential nominee, his secretary, George Akerson, had denied it, declar= ’tni that not only had Hoover never aken a drink with the Maryland Senator sverseq b ey not “taken a single drink of intoxicating liquor since he became a Constitutional Executive officer of the United States and has never had a dro) served at his home.” R o1k Darrow Adds Denial. Darrow, at his home in Chi added his denial, and it was lndxg:tze‘:l' that the matter would rest there so far as Hoover headquarters are concerned. Detailed information has been received at these headquarters of various under- cover attacks on Hoover, but these have been ignored. As represented by his close associates. the feeling of -the Re- publican candidate is that they should not be dignified by a denial. Having passed the half-way mark in the campaign, counting his ac nce speech as the opening of his fight for the presidency, Hoover had behind him three of the six major addresses he has e routh d. Tt aft of the fourth ade dress; to be delivered at Elizabethton, Tenn., October 6, was completed today, and the nominee hopes to have the fin- ished product ready within a few days, Yol “upos i o ke 8 fow davE o n e 8 resTr. h:ng'recreanon. v i th speech will be 8t Ne October 16 “and the Steth 8¢ Boston probably some time bet: | ERobatt between October 23 STANDS ON CHARGES. Bruce Refuses to Withdraw Statement On Hoover. Senator William Cabell Bruce, Mary= land Democrat, refused today to mr{a any withdrawal, in the face of denials, of the statement which he made Satur~ day night in a speech at Westminster, Md., quoting Clarence Darrow as have ing said he had “taken drinks with He bert Hoover in Washington.” From his home in Truxton, Md., this morning, Senator Bruce told The Star he was making no retraction, but would issue tcnight a “formal and complete statement,” in view of denials of the charges by Darrow and Mr. Hoover's secretary, George Akerson. “Until then, I will say nothing more,” he added. In a previous explanation to the press, Senaty: Bruce had said he did not make the chaiges himself, but was quoting a newspaper story, published some time ago, In which Darrow, noted criminal lawyer of Chicago, had been quoted as saying he had “had the pleasure of tak= ing drinks with Mr. Hoover in Wash« ington.” At the same time, Senator Bruce refused to say anything about the statement made in his address, in which he said that Senator Curtis, Republican vice vrrsidential candidate, had had a liquor bottle in his pocket at the Pim- lico race track. Curtis has made no comment on this statement. ‘Whether Senator Bruce would reply to a charge made by Galen L. Taif, chairman of the Republican State cen- &xal committee, that he had started a ‘whispering” campaign against the Re= publican nominees, was not indicatsd by him today. Admittedly, the Maryland Senator was reluctant to discuss the sit- uation and intended to devote the bete ter part of the day in preparing his formal reply to the dentals which his statement had drawn. Mr. Tait's statement. in part, follows: “Senator Bruce at Westminster made the statement that Mr. Hoover had a drink with Mr. Darrow. This in itself is no great crime or moral wrong. It just happens, however, that Senator Bruce uses it as slander against Mr, Hoover in the implication of insincerity. It happens also that this story was put afloat many months ago and that it has been denied by Mr. Darrow. It has not been necessary for Mr. Hoover to deny it, because all his friends know that he is a teetotaler. “I do know that Senator Bruce, ale though they wére of opposite political parties, has broken bread at Mr. Hoo= ver's table on the basis that Senator Bruce was a Southern gentlema I believe that in view of all of the facts Senator Bruce should make a complete public withdrawal and apologize for his statement. The Senator has put him- self in the position of indulging in a whispering campaign even more vicious than that so strenuously objected to by Gov. Smith.” AUTHOR KILLS HIMSELF. Harold Speakman Says He'll Meet “Man on White Horse.” NEW YORK, September 24 (#).— l-ln-old° gmn t:‘ut'h:;d and former \ y sho killed him= self in the ambulance driveway of Belle= vue Hospital, where he had been driven s o€ Yoo, motes whi ge of two notes which r him said the writer ;.d'm toundm and was about to meet a man “ride ‘hite " in the Snow fllll in Chautauqua Area. TOWN,